Owned and maintained by Liz Pilling: Independent Usborne Organiser

Ready, Steady... Read!

At Usborne Books at Home we realise how important reading at home is to the development of literacy skills. To help promote literacy and encourage a love of reading we would like to invite your pupils to participate in our reading challenge.

Ready, Steady…READ! is a simple sponsored reading event, a great way to get FREE BOOKS for your school. The more your pupils read, the more money you will raise to buy books for your library.

How to get free books

The money raised can be used to purchase Usborne books for your school. On top of this, you will earn an additional percentage in FREE BOOKS i.e.:

Raise £80+        You get 10% extra in free books  = £88 to spend

Raise £250+     You get 30% extra in free books  = £325 to spend        

Raise £500+     You get 60% extra in free books  = £800 to spend     

How ‘Ready, steady… Read!’ works

Children are sponsored to read as much as they can in a given time.

Whether it’s in school time, at home, during the school holidays or in a 24 hour race, children of all ages can spend any amount of time reading to raise funds for books.

Reading does not just mean books; it can be comics, magazines, newspapers, menus, recipes, poems, leaflets, instructions – anything with words.

The total number of minutes spent reading is recorded on a reading log and the sponsorship money goes towards new books for the school.

There are various ways that your sponsorship money can be used:

1)    Books for the school
All the money raised goes towards books for the school.

2)    Books for each child and the school
Half the money raised by each child is used to buy Usborne books for that child and half goes towards books for the school. Everyone taking part will receive a book for themselves and the school will benefit from books for all to share and enjoy, encouraging reading at home and at school.

3)    Books for each class
The money raised by each class goes towards books for that class, with any free books going to the school library.

4)    Books for the school and a charity
Half the money raised is used to buy Usborne books for the school and half goes towards books for a charity of your choice.

5)    Books for prizes

The money raised goes towards books for the school and any free books go towards prizes for the pupils who spent the most time reading, or for a Prize Draw.

The more your pupils read, the more money you will raise to buy books for your library.

For more information, please contact me and I will organise the entire event for you:

 Liz Pilling – 0118 3755244/ 07710 505085

Or email liz@thatsnotmymonster.co.uk